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sou- 4 N .808,201 PATENTBD DEC. 26 1905.

G. T. HADLEY.

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7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. HADLEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOROF ONE- HALF TOMARTIN F. HRUBANIK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. HADLEY, a citizen of the United States,residin in the city and county of San Francisco, tate of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Show-Windows and Ido hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of t e same.

My invention relates to the class of show- Windows. Its object is toavoid confusing reflections, which in the ordiYYzT'y'sTffdw Rdndewprevent the observer from perfectly seeing the contents displayed.

As is well known, the glass of show-window's reflects the sky, thebuildings on the opposite side of the street, and the pavement in soconfusing a manner that the observer cannot see the window displayunless he puts himself in a position to cast a shadow, and then he'cansee only those articles upon which his shadow falls. Thus only a smallportion oithe display can be seen and that even at considerableinconvenience.

, To remedy this difliculty, my invention consists in a show-window, theglass pane of which is formed and arranged in a novel manner, as I shallnow describe.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

- Figure 1 is aperspective v1ew of my improved view of the same.

show-window. Fig. 2 isavertical sectional Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionof the same. Fig. 4 isavertical sectional view showing a modification inthe shape of the glass.

A represents the frame enerally of the This glass i is a straight planehorizontally, as shown in Fig. 3. Vertically it is dished or concaved.

This concavity, as shown in Fig. 4, may be a complete and continuousone, or, as shown in Fig. 2, it may be formed of a combination of alower straight vertical plane and an upper vertical concavity. In Figs.1 and 2 it will be seen that the lower portionof the glass(representedby b) is a straight plane vertically and extends in thecasing of the show-window up to a suitable hei ht, which may be variedin practice, thoug I should say, for exam 1e, that it should extend toabout the line 0 sight of the ordinary observer. From the upper end ofthe straight portion 6 the glass is made concave, as indicated by theportion 6, the concavity being to the outside of the ShO'W-M endow. Thisup er portion prevents reflections from the sry, so that they do notconfuse the vision in observing the contents of the window. In the formof pane shown in Fig. 4 the concavity is presented to the outside.Another feature of the lass pane is that it is so arranged that noportion of it shall lie to the inside of the vertical plane of its base.In whole or in part it extends outwardly from said plane. By such formand arrangement of the glass pane, confusing reflections are obviatedand the vision is unobstructed.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A show-window havingits glass pane concaved vertically, the concavedface of the pane being presented to the outside of the window, and nopart of said pane lying to the inside of the vertical plane of its base.

2. A show-window having its glass pane formed in a straight planehorizontally, and

formed with a lower portion straight in vertical plane and an up erportion concaved in vertical plane with 1ts concaved face presented tothe outside of the window, and proj ecting wholly outwardly from thevertical plane of the lower portion.

5. A show-window having its glass panel formed in a straight planehorizontally, said pane having a lower portion straight in verticalplane and an upper portion concaved in vertical plane with its concavedface presented to the outside of the window, and projecting whollyoutwardly from the vertical plane of the lower portion. I

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

. GEORGE T. HADLEY.

In presence of J. COMPTON, D. B. RICHARDS.

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